Ergalatax contracta

Ergalatax contracta, common name : the contracted rock shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Ergalatax contracta
[[File:Ergalatax_Contracta_F.jpg * ''Buccinum contractum'' <small>Reeve, 1846</small> * ''Buccinum funiculatum'' Reeve, L.A., 1846 * ''Cronia martensi'' <small>Dall, 1923</small> * ''Ergalatax pauper'' Watson, R.B., 1886 * ''Ergalatax recurrens'' Iredale, T., 1931 * ''Morula ocellata'' (Reeve, 1846) * ''Murex calcarius'' <small>Dunker, 1860</small> * ''Ocenebra contracta'' (Reeve, 1846) * ''Ocinebra pilsbryana'' <small>Baker, 1891</small> * ''Pentadactylus ceylonicum'' <small>Preston, 1909</small> * ''Ricinula ocellata'' <small>Reeve, 1846</small> * ''Ricinula siderea'' Martens, E.C. von, 1874 * ''Urosalpinx bandana'' <small>Schepman, 1911</small> * ''Urosalpinx innotabilis'' <small>E. A. Smith, 1879</small> * ''Urosalpinx smithi'' <small>Schepman, 1911</small>|frameless]]
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E. contracta
Binomial name
Ergalatax contracta
(Reeve, 1846)

Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 45 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and as a non-indigenous species in the Mediterranean Sea; in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines, the Sulu Archipelago, Australia (the Torres Strait), Hawaii and Tonga.

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References

  1. Ergalatax contracta (Reeve, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 December 2010.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
  • Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Annu. Rev. 43: 419–453
  • "Ergalatax contracta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 18 December 2010.


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